SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
RE LESSON PLAN
Pre-Primary/
Primary
LESSON ORGANISATION
Unit of work: Loved and Forgiven Salvation topic: Lent/Easter Human person Topic: Gift of love
Year Level: 4 Students’ Prior Knowledge: (include faith
situations/previous lessons/Units)
Key Understanding:
A1 Wondering at the Creator of Love The students learned the basic meaning of love in
Year Two.
Learning Point(s): People show love for us whenever they do what is
A1.1 States ways people show love by doing what is good good for us. Students have learnt about
for others.
Reconciliation and forgiveness.
A1.2 Explains ways love includes forgiveness.
Spiritual and Religious Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)
Prudence Justice Fortitude Temperance Faith Hope Charity
eg Right choices eg Right eg Inner strength eg Moderation eg Prayer eg Reconciliation eg Service
relationships
General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)
Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and Ethical Personal and Intercultural
competence creative behaviour Social understanding
thinking competence
Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Asia and Australia’s engagement with Sustainability
histories and cultures Asia
Lesson Objectives (i.e. anticipated outcomes of this lesson, in point form beginning with an action verb)
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:
Students will identify different ways in which we can show love.
Students will describe and explain the importance of forgiveness.
Students will display their understanding of love and forgiveness by creating a decorative hand and writing
inside two ways they can show love and one way they have shown forgiveness in their own lives.
Teacher’s Prior Preparation/Organisation: Provision for student diversity:
(include Teacher Witness) Student A has a hearing aid due to hearing impairments.
Ensure technology is working and ready for the lesson – This student is to sit close to the front of the class at all
have Popplet open on computer. times. The teacher may also talk into a headpiece that is
Prepare all materials (coloured card, necessary working connected to Student A’s hearing aid to ensure they can
listen and be included in class discussion and activities.
tools).
Remind students of the sacrament of Reconciliation and Student B has difficulty learning due to dyslexia and will be
discuss the significance of this sacrament. assisted, particularly in reading and writing, by an EA and,
where appropriate in group settings, peers.
Points to discuss:
Extension – students will create a poster on Canva or
What is reconciliation?
using coloured markers and card promoting different ways
Why is it so important for Christians to attend we can show love in our daily lives. If finished, these can be
reconciliation? displayed around the school.
Engagement – students will have help from an EA for the
drawing, cutting and writing activities.
Special Considerations – students with fine motor
concerns will be assisted in drawing, cutting and writing
activities.
LESSON DELIVERY attach worksheets, examples, marking keys, etc. as relevant
Resources/References
Time Motivation and Introduction:
Align these with the segment
Students will sit on the mat as a class. In pairs, students will discuss where they will be introduced.
ways in which we can show love. The teacher will encourage students to
think about times when saying no to a loved one is demonstrating love.
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For example, making someone take medicine to get better. The teacher Popplet
minutes
will ask each pair to give an example to the rest of the class and will add
these to a brainstorm on the smartboard/TV using the online mind map
website Popplet.
Lesson Steps (Lesson content, structure, strategies & Key Questions):
Discuss with the students that love also requires forgiveness of those
who have hurt or offended us, or who have treated us badly. People can
show forgiveness in many different ways. The teacher will discuss a few
of these with the students e.g. parents continuing to care for their
children been disobedient or been unkind to their brother or sister. Other
ways of showing forgiveness include:
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minutes . making up after a fight
. speaking to brothers and sisters again after a row
. helping parents after being disobedient to them
. hugging parents or siblings to show they are sorry
. accepting another’s apology for a broken toy or possession
. sharing with others who may have hurt them
Discuss reconciliation and the importance of forgiveness from others and Writing tools
from God. People need to love others whom they have offended or hurt
in some way. This means that, to love, they need to say ‘I’m sorry’ for Coloured card
whatever the offence or hurt might be. This can be a hard thing to do. A
Scissors
person’s love needs to be strong to do so.
Explain that students will trace their hand onto a piece of coloured paper,
cut it out and then each student will write inside two ways that they will
show love to those around them and one way that they have shown
forgiveness to someone recently. These hands will then be joined
together in the shape of a heart and displayed in the classroom.
5 Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)
minutes Gather the students in a circle on the mat. Give students the opportunity
to share one of the things they wrote on their hand, either a way they will
show love or how they have shown forgiveness. The teacher will lead the
discussion by sharing their own way in which they will show
love/forgiveness to others.
Transition: (What needs to happen prior to the next lesson?)
To transition to the next lesson explain to the students that they are going
to music so they will have to line up at the door in two straight lines, boys
in one line and girls in the other.
Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will they be Anecdotal records
assessed?)
Observation/anecdotal records of students’ contributions to the display
and to class discussion.
Use of checklist to assess: Checklist
Was the student able to identify different ways in which we can show
love?
Were the students able to recognise the importance of forgiveness?
Could the student identify at least one way in which they had shown
forgiveness?
